Mumbai:
Maharashtra Navanirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Sunday slammed makes an attempt to incite communal stress over Aurangazeb’s tomb and mentioned historical past should not be considered from the prism of caste and faith.

Raj Thackeray additionally requested folks to not depend on WhatsApp forwards for historic info.

Addressing his annual Gudhi Padwa rally at Shivaji Park right here, Raj Thackeray mentioned the Mughal ruler needed to “kill a thought known as Shivaji” however failed and died in Maharashtra.

Afzal Khan, the Bijapur normal, was buried close to the Pratapgadh Fort and it could not have been accomplished with out Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj’s permission, he mentioned.

Raj Thackeray’s feedback got here amid calls for by right-wing outfits for the elimination of Aurangzeb’s tomb situated in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district. Protests over the problem had additionally triggered violence in Nagpur earlier this month.

“Do not we need to let the world know that these folks sought to destroy the Marathas however have been worn out as a substitute. Cease studying historical past on WhatsApp and quite delve into historical past books,” he mentioned.

Urging folks to not get provoked and distracted, he mentioned that socio-political conditions have been totally different in pre-Shivaji and post-Shivaji eras.

“We have now forgotten the true problems with the current time. Hindus who really feel woke up after a film are of no use. Did you study Sambhaji Maharaj’s sacrifice due to Vicky Kaushal and about Aurangazeb due to Akshaye Khanna,” he requested.

Thackeray was referring to the just lately launched interval drama ‘Chhaava’, based mostly on the lifetime of Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj, who was tortured and executed by Aurangzeb.

He mentioned Aurangzeb was born in Dahod, Gujarat. Those that provoke folks for his or her egocentric political aspirations will not be involved with historical past, he asserted.

Raj Thackeray mentioned a rustic can not progress on the premise of faith and cited the instance of Turkey and the way it “reformed” itself.

“Faith ought to stay inside the 4 partitions of your own home. A Hindu identifies as a Hindu solely when Muslims take to the streets or throughout riots; in any other case, Hindus are divided by caste,” he mentioned.

The MNS chief claimed that the BJP-led authorities’s in style ‘Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin’ scheme could be scrapped. “I informed you earlier, however you believed them and never me,” he mentioned.

Opposition events have been attacking the Mahayuti authorities of BJP, Shiv Sena and NCP within the state for not elevating the month-to-month monetary help underneath the Ladki Bahin programme from Rs 1,500 to Rs 2,100 as promised of their ballot manifesto earlier than final yr’s meeting elections.

Raj Thackeray reiterated his get together’s stand on the usage of the Marathi language being made necessary for official functions. “In the event you reside right here and do not communicate the language, you may be handled appropriately,” he warned.

He additionally slammed the air pollution of rivers within the “title of faith” and confirmed a purported video claiming that our bodies have been being burnt and dumped into the river Ganga.

“What sort of faith is that this if we destroy our pure assets. Rs 33,000 crore has been spent on cleansing the Ganga and it’s nonetheless occurring. Should not we reform ourselves,” he requested.

Raj Thackeray claimed that Maharashtra’s rivers are additionally extraordinarily polluted. Of the 311 most polluted river patches within the nation, 55 are from Maharashtra, he mentioned.

Mumbai had 5 rivers and 4 of them have been killed, he mentioned. The lone “surviving” river, Mithi, is about to die, he mentioned, including that sewage water, encroachments and discharge of chemical waste into the rivers are killing the water our bodies.

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